Ben E. Beyer, a former resident of this community and the former
owner of the Timothy Belt Cheese Factory, passed away at his home
in Fond du Lac of heart disease on Dec. 13, 1947. He had reached
the age of sixty years.

Mr. Beyer was born on June 19, 1887, in Illinois. He was united in
marriage on Nov. 29, 1911 to Hattie A. Kosloske at Rogersville,
Wis. He and his family resided at Juneau and Gillett for some time
and then he purchased the Timothy Belt Cheese Factory at Thorp in
1932, operating it until 1941, when the family moved to Fond du
Lac.

He
is survived by his widow and two sons, William and Alfred of Thorp,
one daughter, Mrs. Walter Reinke of Thorp, one brother, Gust Beyer
of Madison, five sisters, Mrs. Lydia Greget of Chicago, Mrs. Bob
Toltzow and Mrs. Oscar Blohm, Beaver Dam, Mrs. Helen Buchter, Fond
du Lac, and Mrs. Alex Voss of Horicon, Wis. His twin brother
preceded his in death in 1937.

Funeral services were held at St. Peters Lutheran Church at Fond du
Lac on Dec. 16, Rev. Gerhard Pieper officiating. Burial was made at
Rogersville, Wis., with the following serving as pallbearers: Earl
Buchter, Emil Kottke, Rob Blohm, Helmuth Blohm and Ben and Ed
Leu.